Friday, February 6, 2009

Good news! If a bit confusing. Last time I went to my doc it was to tell her how great the pills I'd been prescribed were working for me, and how much they'd changed my life...only to be told that I couldn't continue to take the pills, and that my best bet was a surgery involving them injecting botox into the bottom of my stomach - which if it worked would then have to be repeated every 3 months!?! Well, this time, they brought a different guy in and they feel that I CAN keep taking the pills. There is a condition that the pills can cause (1 in 500 get it) called Tardive Dykinesia, but they feel that as long as the pills are working for me, and that I'm mindful of my symptoms - and that I allow for times where I don't take the pills, that I should be fine! I'm still in shock. Gastroparesis is the condition that I have. And they don't know why I have it, so they call it idiopathic. I just thought I'd throw that in there.

Wow. Wow. This could change my whole life. It's just weird that last time I was there I was told the one thing, and this time I've been told very nearly the opposite. This confuses me, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I'm sure I'll feel great about it later...I just... Wow.

   posted by Bald Jason at 01:54 PM
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